Your forecast
Rain ending this morning, then cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this morning and this afternoon, amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind from the southeast at 20 km/h becoming southwest 20 early this afternoon. High 21 C, UV index 3 or moderate..
What’s happening today
The Agassiz Chamber Music Festival continues at the Canadian Mennonite University’s Laudamus Auditorium, with Canadian violinist Gregory Lewis and pianist Paul Williamson, performing works by Mozart, Ravel and Florence Price, the first Black female composer to have a piece played by a major American orchestra, 7:30 p.m.
There is also late-night jazz featuring Will Bonness Trio with Winnipeg vocalist Karly Epp, 9 p.m.
For more information, see agassizfestival.com.
Today’s must-read
The University of Manitoba issued a formal apology Monday for collecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis remains without permission for more than a century.
The institution also promised to return them to their home communities.
“It’s a really important day for the university and a really important day for us to move forward in a good way,” university president Michael Benarroch said after making the public apology on the Fort Garry campus. Nicole Buffie has the story.
University of Manitoba began collecting and accepting remains in the late 19th century and continued until the 1980s. (John Woods / Free Press)
On the bright side
New Jersey proposed Monday removing the bald eagle from its endangered species list, citing a rebound since more than four decades ago, when a single nesting pair in a remote county were the only of its kind in the state.
The turnaround stems from the work of volunteers and state professionals who nurtured hatchlings, guarded nests and educated the public, state environmental Commissioner Shawn LaTourette said in a statement. The proposed rule to delist the bald eagle as endangered includes the osprey, which was considered threatened, as well. The Associated Press has more.
A bald eagle soars over the marshes off North Wildwood Boulevard in Middle Township, N.J., in 2011. (Dale Gerhard / The Press of Atlantic City files)
On this date
On June 4, 1935: The Winnipeg Free Press reported torrential rain storms in Mexico caused widespread destruction and resulted in 122 deaths. Major C.F. Douglas, originator of Social Credit, told the Free Press he had no doubt Western Canada would soon come around to it, but demurred when asked whether he thought Alberta would adopt his plan. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
Today’s front page
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